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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Which in a lot of cases is what we have right now.
The problem, for a lot of consumers I think, comes in when retailers (Amazon, Costco, Target, Wal-Mart, etc.) discount the paper book, especially hardcovers, so that the street price sometimes ends up being at or close to the ebook price so now that $25 hardcover is $14 while the ebook is $12.99-$14.99. Current systems give them much more room to discount on the paper side.
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When that happens, ebook pricing should also drop by the same proportion. I'm not a fan of publishers who allow discounting of paperbooks, but not ebooks. If the hardback gets a 40% discount, then the ebook should get a 40% discount. Of course, this would only apply for stores that sell both types or if the publisher is the one who initiates the price drop.